Improvement in wire-fastenings for bottle-stoppers



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Wire Fastening for Bottle-Stoppers'. No.l2,45l. P-atentedApmzmmwINESSES: l MV-ENTQB? M j g iwf m4 Y ATTUBNEYS.

UNITED STATES 1 HENRY W. YERINGTON, OF OCEANIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TOROWLAND C. ANTHONY, OF NEW YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE-FASTENiNGS FOR BOTTLESTOPPERS.

S peciication forming part'cf Letters Patent No. 162,45l, dated April20, 1875; application filed August l, 1874.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. YERING- TON, ofOceanic, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in fire-Fast enings forBottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1,-Sheet l, is a side view of my iinproved fastening. Fig. 2,Sheet l, is a horizontal section ot' the same. Fig. 3, Sheet l, is afront view of the bail-wire. Fig. 4, Sheet l, is a top view of the same.Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a top view, showing a modified form of the lugs.Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a front view vof the same. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a topview, showing another modilied form of the same. Fig. S, Sheet 2, is afront view of the saine. Fig. 9, Sheet 2, is a top view, showing amodified form of the center loop. Fig. 10, Sheet 2, is a front viewofthe same. Fig. 1l, Sheet 2, is a top view, showing another modied formof the center loop. Fig. 12, Sheet 2, is a front view of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish improved wire-i'astenings forbottle-Stoppers, which shall be so constructed as to prevent thefastenings from passing oi'I" at the front of the bottles, and thusinsure their being in proper position when the bottle is passed into thebottling-machine, which shall be so constructed as to enable thefastening to be readily placed upon and withdrawn from the stopper, andto enable the center loop ot' the fastening to be passed through a slotin the plunger of the bottling-machine, so that the fastening can beadjusted in place before said plunger be withdrawn.

The invention will tirst be fully described, and then pointed out in theclaim.

A represents the bail-wire, upon the middle part of which is formed aloop, al, to rest upon the top ofthe cork or stopper of the bottle. Theloop a1 may be made U-shaped,

as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7; V-shaped, as

shown in Fig. i); or with its arms pressed close together, as shown inFig. ll. The latter construction enables it to be passed through a slotin the plunger of a bottlingmachine, so that the fastening may beadjusted in place upon the stopper' before said plunger be withdrawn.

Upon the wire A, at the ends of the loop al, are formed lugs orfinger-loops a2, by bending the wires A upward, rearward, outward, anddownward, as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4; or by bending them outward,rearward, outward, downward, inward and downward, as shown in Figs. 5and 6; or by bendthem outward, rearward, upward, outward, downward,inward, and downward, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, it being immaterial inwhat particular manner the said wires are bent, so long as lugs or loopsa2 are formed, standing out from the stopper, so as to be readily takenhold of with the lingers.

From the ngerloops a2 the arms of the bail-wire A pass down verticallyto the neckwire B, where they are bent inward at right angles, and arethen bent to the rearward at right angles, as shown at a2 in Figs. l, 2,3, and 4.

B is the neck-wire, the middle part of which passes around the rear sideofthe neck of the bottle.

The arms of the wire B pass along lthe sides of the bottle-neck abovethe bent ends a3 ot the bail-wire A, and are then bent outward andrearward, are passed down around the ends a3 of the bail A, are passedup through the bends ofthe said wire B, are bent forward, and aretwisted together at the front of the bottles neck.

By this construction of the loops b, the rearwardly-projecting ends a3of the bail-wire A project beneath the body or bow of the neck-wire B,and serve as stops to prevent the bail-wire from being turned downforward, and thus insure its being always upon the proper side of thebottle when the bottle is placed in the bottling-machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In combination with the loops b, made on the underside of the neckwire, the bends on tne arms otl the bail-wire, so thatwhile the bail is free to swing in one direction the bent ends comingagainst the neck-wire prevents it from swinging in the other and wrongdirection in relation to the plunger, substantially as described andrepresented.

HENRY YV. YERINGTON.'

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MosHER.

